Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:34:17 +0000 (UTC) From: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmaster options Message-ID: <loom.20121012T133039-471@post.gmane.org> References: <loom.20121012T063245-859@post.gmane.org> <20121012131638.1683e516.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd <at> edvax.de> writes: > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:35:43 +0000 (UTC), jb wrote: > > Hi, > > what is the diff between > > --index > > and > > --index-only > ... > --index > use INDEX-[7-9] exclusively to check if a port is up to date > ... > --index-only > do not try to use /usr/ports. For updating ports when no /usr/ports > directory is present the -PP|--packages-only option is required. See > the ENVIRONMENT section below for additional requirements. > > This means --index-only is to be used when using portmaster for > binary installs without an installed ports collection. > Well, yes, BUT they seem to be redundant (that's why I asked). # portmaster -L --index-only | egrep '(ew|ort) version|total install' ===>>> New version available: smartmontools-5.43_1 ===>>> 618 total installed ports ===>>> 1 has a new version available # portmaster -L --index | egrep '(ew|ort) version|total install' ===>>> New version available: smartmontools-5.43_1 ===>>> 618 total installed ports ===>>> 1 has a new version available #
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